2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
KJV
ὁ δὲ κύριος τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστιν· οὗ δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα κυρίου, ἐλευθερία.
Greek NT
Dominus autem Spiritus est : ubi autem Spiritus Domini, ibi libertas.
Vulgate
Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
ASV
Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὗ
ou
adverb · 24×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἐλευθερία
eleutheria
noun · 11×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: κυρίου | WH/Treg/NIV: κυρίου | RP: + ἐκεῖ
- κυρίου — SBLGNT
- κυρίου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐκεῖ — Robinson-Pierpont
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10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- 2Cor 3:6 — Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
- 2Tim 1:7 — For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
- Gal 2:4 — And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
- Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
- Gal 4:6 — And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
- Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Gal 5:1 — Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Gal 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Isa 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
- Isa 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and th
- Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- John 4:24 — God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- John 6:63 — It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:32 — And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:36 — If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- Lev 25:10 — And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession,
- Ps 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Ps 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
- Ps 119:32 — I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Rom 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Rom 8:2 — For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
- Rom 8:15 — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.